On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 09:20:58AM -0500, Randall J . Million wrote:
:
:What is the difference between these two commands?
:
:set quote_regexp="^[ \t]*[A-Z]{,3}[~|>:}#%]"
:set quote_regexp="^[ \t]*[A-Z]{0,3}[~|>:}#%]"
:
:According to what I read in the manual, they should be equivalent, the
:first being preferred. But, the first command does not give the expected
:output. Is it my understanding that is flawed in this?
:
:Section 4.1 (Excerpt)
:{,m} The preceding item is matched at most m times.
:{n,m} The preceding item is matched at least n times, but no more than m
: times.
Does "{,m}" mean "{0,m}" or "{1,m}"? I don't know; I haven't looked at
the source to tell.
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Eugene Lee
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